Connor Hornibrook, middle proper, and his canine Ellie benefit from the recent snow with Annette Fierro and her canine Twyla at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.

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Connor Hornibrook, middle proper, and his canine Ellie benefit from the recent snow with Annette Fierro and her canine Twyla at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.

Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer through AP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Much of the U.S. remained gripped by lethal arctic climate Sunday — with subfreezing situations reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing chilly is expected to ease up within the coming days.

Nationally, winter storms this month have claimed no less than 67 lives across the U.S., many involving hypothermia or street accidents.

On Sunday, crews in Memphis, Tenn., continued to work across the clock to seek out and repair damaged pipes that have been inflicting low water strain all through the system. Some residents have been with out working water for days, and all the utility’s 400,000 clients continued to be below a boil water discover.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water President and CEO Doug McGowen mentioned in a video posted to social media on Saturday night that he hopes to have an estimate of when strain will probably be restored on Sunday afternoon.

“Hang in there,” McGowen mentioned. “Neighbors help neighbors.”

As of Saturday afternoon, the utility had repaired 36 damaged water mains and greater than 2,000 leaks in houses and companies. As temperatures started to rise above freezing on Sunday, extra leaks have been anticipated to grow to be obvious. McGowen requested residents to cease dripping taps as soon as issues warmed up, a measure that may add 5 to 10 million gallons a day to the system and assist restore water strain.

Rhodes College, in Memphis, started sending residential college students residence on Saturday and shifting those that couldn’t return residence to accommodations. The college was planning digital lessons on Monday and Tuesday.

“We ask that you NOT come to campus either day due to the ongoing water situation and the hazards that creates,” the college announcement mentioned.

Sam Roth is a junior majoring in politics, philosophy and economics who drove again residence to Nashville reasonably than staying in a resort the place he would nonetheless be required to boil water.

“Our faucets stopped working, and they said not to use any of the restrooms on our floor, and our showers were not working very well either,” he mentioned of the scenario in his dormitory.

“It’s a little annoying, but the school’s doing everything they can to accommodate everyone,” he mentioned. “I just feel worse for the people that are without water in the city that don’t have a hotel they can go stay at.”

Memphis was the most important, however not the one, water system in Tennessee to expertise issues from the unusually chilly climate. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency mentioned on Saturday evening that 28 water programs have issued boil water notices.

In Tipton County, the fireplace division in Mason warned residents on Saturday to be ready for a multiday water outage. Firefighters have been serving to to distribute bottled water to residents all through the city of 1,300 residents.

Fire officers mentioned in a Facebook put up that water crews have been working in any respect hours to attempt to isolate and restore leaks. The division mentioned that there stays sufficient water strain to function hearth hydrants if they’re wanted for firefighting.

The mayor acknowledged in an interview with WMC-TV that the city has had water points up to now because of a system that wants updates.

“Honestly, we have a bad system. Nobody took care of it for a long time and everything is falling apart,” Mayor Eddie Noeman mentioned.

The continued chilly climate can also be answerable for no less than 25 deaths in Tennessee, in response to the Tennessee Department of Health. Nationally, winter storms this month have claimed no less than 67 lives across the U.S., many involving hypothermia or street accidents.

End of subzero temperatures in sight for a part of the U.S.

Elsewhere, freezing rain, sleet and excessive wind gusts later Sunday would make touring in components of Kansas and Oklahoma significantly treacherous, the National Weather Service mentioned. Wind chills in Iowa made it really feel like minus 20 levels Fahrenheit in some components.

But the tip of subzero temperatures — which blasted into the U.S. on Friday — was in sight for components of the nation. The every day excessive temperatures in Iowa’s capital of Des Moines, for instance, have been anticipated to remain above freezing beginning Monday.

“With no additional replenishment of arctic air from Canada, a steady warm-up is in store for the mid-section of the country,” the climate service mentioned.

In western New York, Buffalo Bills followers have been preparing for an additional residence playoff sport Sunday night towards the Kansas City Chiefs, with temperatures forecast round 20 levels Fahrenheit, winds round 10 mph and a slight probability of snow showers. On Friday and Saturday, a whole lot of individuals confirmed up at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park to assist shovel snow out of the stands for the second week in a row, incomes $20 an hour.

The Erie County Sheriff’s Office was urging followers Sunday to not throw snowballs within the stadium or trespass on the brand new stadium development website.

On the West Coast, extra freezing rain was forecast within the Columbia River Gorge and the world was anticipated to stay close to or under freezing via no less than Sunday evening. Trees and energy strains already coated with ice might topple in the event that they get extra, the National Weather Service warned.

“Stay safe out there over the next several days as our region tries to thaw out,” the climate service mentioned. “Chunks of falling ice will remain a hazard as well.”